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GOLD prices rose on Monday well above a key US$2,000 level, supported by a weaker US dollar and on bets that the US Federal Reserve is done with its interest rate hike cycle.

Yesterday’s display shows that the 10,925ft mountain in Sicily has no intention of surrendering its crown as Europe’s most active volcano.

Oleksandr Matsievskyi was hailed as a symbol of resistance for the Ukrainian people.

It’s the seasoned traveller’s top safety tip.

International Committee of the Red Cross spokesperson Lucile Marbeau said that the organisation “remains ready” to continue operations related to the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, but that it is “up to the parties to resume talks”.

He’s received countless death threats and has been under police protection for almost two decades. He’s been convicted for inciting hate speech and his opinions once even got him banned from entering the UK. Known as the Dutch Donald Trump, far-right politician Geert Wilders and his PVV Freedom Party have now won a major victory in the country’s general elections.

Experts believe the crew knew they may be targeted while at sea.

Kidnapping for ransom has become rife in northwestern Nigeria in recent years.

Israel accused Spain and Belgium of “supporting terrorism” after they called on the EU to recognise the Palestinian state and stop its bombardment of Gaza.

Ukraine’s capital experienced the brunt of what the military said was the largest Russian drone attack on the country since Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Pope Francis has cancelled his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s square due to illness

Kathy Kleiner Rubin says it is about time we stop glamourising him and remember the women whose lives he stole.

A disabled hunter accidentally shot a 47-year-old woman in the abdomen as she walked her dog in Wisconsin.

Hamas releases Thai hostages as Israel waits for 13 to be freed 13 women and children, who were kidnapped by…

Oscar Pistorius to be freed on parole Oscar Pistorius – the former South African Paralympic champion, will be freed from…

The statistics are as damning as they are grim. In the EU, one in three women aged 15 or over has experienced physical or sexual violence – or both. More than half of all women in Europe have been sexually harassed. Only a fifth of women in the EU go to the police when an intimate partner assaults them. Meanwhile, EU member states have failed to agree on how to address the worst crimes against women. Several countries continue to resist calls by Brussels to define non-consensual sex as rape, punishable by a stiff jail sentence. Today, in 2023, there is no common set of rules in the EU to punish rape, to the growing dismay of many. As Europe prepares to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, we discuss the issue with two MEPs.

Black Friday: Australian shoppers tipped to spend more than $6bn in four-day sales period The Guardian says Retailers say Black…

A night of torched vehicles and shop looting sparked in Dublin after a knife attack outside a school was of an “extraordinary” level of violence unseen in decades, police said Friday.

It’s pretty angry at the moment…

Oscar Pistorius makes new parole bid 10 years after killing girlfriend Oscar Pistorius will make another bid for early parole…

Rapper P Diddy accused of rape in new lawsuit Sean “Diddy” Combs aka P Diddy is being sued by a…

New York City Mayor Eric Adams denies knowing a woman claiming he sexually assaulted her 30 years ago when they worked as city employees.

Protesters on Thursday fought running battles with police, torched vehicles and looted shops in Dublin, after three young children were injured in a knife attack outside a school.

Award-winning pilot Elzie Monroe McDonald, 87, crashed his plane outside a strip mall in Plano, Texas, two days before Thanksgiving.

Timothy Burke is accused of murdering a couple that were his landlord after finding out he might be evicted.